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NASA Revisits Foam Theory In Columbia Disaster

Moscow (AFP) Feb 06, 2003 - Russian and US officials will meet this month to discuss the fate of the International Space Station (ISS) following the Columbia space shuttle disaster, the head of Russia's space agency said Thursday. The United States grounded its fleet of four shuttles following the disaster, casting doubt on the future of the 16-nation ISS project as it shifts to total reliance on the underfunded Russian fleet. "Correcting the orbit, carrying crews, delivering cargo -- all these technical things can now be carried out only with the help of Russian Soyuz and Progress vessels," said RSC administrator Yury Koptev. Only Russia and the United States make manned missions to the orbiting space station, but Russian officials have admitted that the country's space program lacks the resources to keep the ISS alive on its own. The program's finances "are barely enough to fulfill the current obligations" Moscow agreed to before the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts on board, Koptev said.


 Houston (AFP) Feb 07, 2003
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    A Challenging Year To Build Jules Verne
     Paris (ESA) Jan 31, 2003
     Today, about 90 percent of the hardware for Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spaceship that is to fly towards the International Space Station (ISS) in September 2004, is already built. The different parts and elements of the first in a series of eight ATVs have been manufactured and are progressively being tested and assembled in 10 different European countries including Russia, where the ATV docking mechanism, refuelling system and associated electronics are being produced.
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